National Energy Administration Director Zhang Jianhua blamed the struggles on recent increase in demand, equivalent to adding a new UK every year to China’s energy consumption. Still, the country needs to urgently improve energy efficiency in order to meet its intensity goals, he said Sunday in a commentary in the official newspaper of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
Filière batteries au QC: le BAPE trop souvent écarté?
même si les projets sont sous les normes, donc acceptables, ils ont un impact cumulatif. «Cinq projets similaires au même endroit, ça pose un problème. Mais avec la logique actuelle, ils sont évalués un par un. Et comme chacun est sous la norme, nous passons tout droit»
Filière des batteries | Pas de BAPE pour nombre de projets phares
La filière des batteries sort de terre à l’abri du Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE). En plus de Northvolt, les usines de General Motors (GM), Ford, Nemaska Lithium, Nouveau Monde Graphite et Lithion Technologies échappent à un examen public indépendant. Des voix réclament une étude sur l’écosystème pour avoir une « vue d’ensemble » de ses impacts
regeneration of forests through the use of drones and smart seeds, has conducted an analysis among nearly a hundred entities and companies to which it has provided services. The common objective is to fight climate change through efficient reforestation and integrate these actions into their ESG strategies
reforestation projects include foundations, financial services, and the health and well-being sector
Germany bolsters climate foreign policy with new strategy
Key goals of the strategy include Germany playing its part in ensuring that global emissions are halved by 2030 (over 2019 levels), the world triples renewables capacity by 2030 and phases out unabated fossil energies step by step, and that other countries introduce more ambitious climate plans
Climate crisis threatens ‘tipping point’ of uninsurable homes, says UN
Analysis also warns of further tipping points on horizon such as drying up of groundwater vital for food supplies
The climate tipping points are large-scale changes driven by human-caused global heating, while the risk tipping points are more directly connected to people's
Fifty years ago, the insurance industry warned of climate change — now parts of North America are becoming uninsurable
Whatever happened to ‘an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,’ asks Armine Yalnizyan. Instead we spend billions to help people side-swiped by natural disasters
New study projects sea level rise to drain Florida’s financial future
Molly Duerig
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One million Florida properties are projected to become chronically flooded: properties that today fund nearly 30% of local revenues for more than half of the state’s municipalities, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Cornell and Florida State Universities.
While most tropical ecosystems are incredibly biodiverse, containing multitudes of different tree and plant species, carbon-offset planting typically involves just a few tree species—the most popular being cedar, mahogany, silk oak, teak, and black wattle
Planting these en masse in an ecosystem—while financially beneficial—results in a monoculture, decimating biodiversity and ultimately harming the very areas that they were supposed to help
Plummeting prices for solar power and storage make global climate transition cheaper than expected: Study
In just the past 10 years, the cost of electricity from solar has fallen by 87 percent, and the cost of battery storage by 85 percent. Wind power, heat pumps and other fossil-free technologies are also experiencing a sharp drop in prices
Climate-related mortality and hospital admissions, England and Wales: 1988 to 2022
Relative risk of death and hospital admission associated with temperature for England and Wales from 1988 to 2022. This analysis is delivered in partnership with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Wellcome Trust